It’s almost impossible to change someone’s mind using facts. This happens due to ‘motivated reasoning,’ a psychology term that refers to the way people usually believe whatever they want to believe and use the flimsiest piece of evidence to justify that belief, even when there is plenty of verified evidence to disprove it. (, , )

When a falconer wants to breed their birds, they let the male bird mate with their head. A falcon born in captivity imprints on its falconer, and, after bird puberty, it might see them as a mate. If the falconer can impress the bird with a seductive mating song, it copulates with their special sex hat, which collects the semen for artificial insemination. (, , )